diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
index 9261d81d53c8617a40e302b1ad5f06b08eb9d3d9..0990642ce6800ddfa95ed31b3e09b8aa7d97540d 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/libpq/hba.c,v 1.181 2009/03/04 08:43:15 mha Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/libpq/hba.c,v 1.182 2009/03/04 18:43:38 mha Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ load_hba(void)
 	file = AllocateFile(HbaFileName, "r");
 	if (file == NULL)
 	{
-		ereport(WARNING,
+		ereport(LOG,
 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
 				 errmsg("could not open configuration file \"%s\": %m",
 						HbaFileName)));